So I got a comment on my DA profile linking me to my very first and very old DA account [Please don't go look, it's very embarrassing] , and I was glancing through my old artworks and I stumbled upon this great piece.

Left piece from 2007ish and remake 2013.

BACKSTORY: I never went to art class [still haven't, unless you count art history an art class], and none of my friends drew, so it was pretty much me and myself. Soooo, for the longest time I penciled my art and then colored it with colored pencils and then one magical day I had the idea that "If you INK the drawing first, then it becomes much smoother and easier to color" HUZZAH.

So I drew the great piece on the left and was SO SO SOOOOOOOO proud of it at the time, and now...

*LEGASP* WHERE's HIS PWETTY TAIL IN THE NEW VERSION *dies*....anyway My vote to the old version -cos ya forgat the tail!- (nah just kidding *flutters with eyelashes*, the new one is clearly prettier to look at x3...then again...what if you just made the old version again but digitally....maybe it'll look cool too...)

WOW, I remember when you didn't use computers to draw. I kind of miss your old work. But you have improved so much since then...I on the other hand, since I don't draw anymore...not much has changed. LMAO.

I know what you mean about the lack of an art class. Everything I've accomplished is likewise self-taught. I rather like the one on the left to be honest. It's got this edgy roughness that makes it seem more wild.

But I've gotta admit, after all these years I look back at your old account and remember how you personally inspired me to begin drawing my own comics. They were pretty pathetic compared to yours, but it was the start of my path to drawing anime. I was in 6th grade back then.

Now I'm a Junior in high school and still look at your drawings for inspiration or your comics when I am having bad days. Sorry this comment is long but just wanted to say, thank you for being my role model and your art is just wonderful~!

Wow, I really like all your art X'DDD You've definitely have improved a lot X'D

I understand the self taught stuff I haven't taken an art class since elementary school, and I just got back into drawing a few years ago, and have just been self-teaching myself. Luckily I made some friends on Deviantart and they showed me the way on digital art

It's because...I guess we can see the effort and heart of the artist in every single line of the drawing? Like it feels more genuine and...I dunno...organic? Hard to describe but there's something about pencil drawings and the effort put into them that computer can't replicate. Not to say that your new drawing is bad or anything but I personally love drawings where people color them by hand and painstakingly make every detail.